Metal door jamb



March 9 1926. r `14,576,038

M AAAAAAAAAA MB INVENTOR nd/jew JC 01m e?? BY MMWR, Wsw v l ATTORNEYS YPatented Mar. 9, 1926.

. UNITED STATESA PATENT OFFICE. s

ANDREW J. CONNELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., .ASSIGNORTO SUPERIOR STEEL DOOR AND TRIM CO., ING., OECOLLEGE POINT, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.v

METAL noon JAMB.

Application inea muy 21, 192i.y sei-iai no. 486,383.

To `czZZwzom t concern.'

Be it known that I, ANDREW J. CONNELL,

a citizen of the United States, residing at College Point, county of Queens, city and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Metal Door Jambs, of which' the following is a specification.

-This invention relates to metal door-jambs and more particularly to jambs comprising fixed bucks arranged to cooperate with removable door-stops. e

In the. construction of metal door-jambs it yhas hitherto been usual to provide bucks having door-stops permanently connected or integral therewith. These door-stops were designed for use with doors having a particular hinge and latch arrangement, and when such stops had once been machined to accommodate the hinges and striking plate of a particular type of door, no other door could be employed. Moreover, it is customary to secure door-bucks permanently rin place during the erection of the walls of a building. Therefore, it has been necessary to completely design the metal doors in-advance of construction of the building, often resulting in unnecessary delay. When as sometimes occurs the bucks wereset inaccurately, so asto be a little too close together or too lfar apart, then the previously designed doors would not lit properly in their doorways, and it was necessaryto construct new doors. The bucks once setin place would accommodate only one type of door, opening ina predetermined direction. If through any change of plans it became desirable to employa different type of door, or to have the door swing open in the opposite direction, it was necessary 'to replace the entir-e buck, to do which required the demolition of the masonry to which the buck was attached, a difficult and expensive operation.

It is the principal object of this invention to provide an improved metal door-jamb comprising a buck arranged to be permanently fixed to the masonry as before, and separate door-stops which may be quickly attached to or removed from the bucks. By the use of separate stops a standard form of buck may be set in place during the erection of the walls of a building, while the doors need not be designed until time for finishing the building. Moreover, by the use of separate stops the door may be hung to open in either direction, as desired at the time.; l

ofv hanging, to reverse the direction of the this can readily be accomplished by removing the stops from the bucks and interchanging them. Should the .bucks be inaccurately positionedv in the building, struction of the doors, it is merely necessary to providenew stops to properly accommodate the doors to the actual location of the bucks. v i

Forthe purpose of rendering the invention readily understandable, one preferred embodiment has been illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. l is ahorizontal section of a doorway showing a door-3 amb-arranged in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective face View of a door-stop; ,Y

Fig. 3 is a perspective rear view vof the stop shown in Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is ra perspective of a detail.

In these drawings there are shown two quoins l of a doorway to which are secured vertically positioned door-bucks 2 and 3. As. shown, the door-bucks and molding or trim maybe made of a single piece of sheetmetal having in-turned margins 4L resting against the plastering, Vand having face portions 5 to which door-stops may be secured. As shown,the two face portions 5 are separated by a stop-bead or door-abutment 5a, which is preferably formed integrally and centrally between the side edges ofthe buck. The opposite sides 5b of the `stop-bead or door-abutment 5a are, as illustrated, rectilinear in outline so as to enable seats of similar conformation to be formed on opposite sides of said bead. The bucks may be seated in place during the erection of the masonry as usual, and may `be permanently secured by any well known means such as the usual reinforcing plates 2l. A horizontal member 25 of the door-frame, such as alintel or sill is also snow In order to accommodate the bucks to any desired door, there are provided removable door-stops 6, 7 8 and 9 which may be designed at any time during construction or after its completion to cooperate with any particular door. As shown, these door-stops most desirably are made up of channelshaped strips of sheet-metal v,comprising body portions 15 and marginal portions 11,

or if it Vlater becomes necessary door swing,

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and are.: cut-away as at 221:0 accommodate the hinges or striking plates. vThe doorstops may be secured to the buck in any suiteA able.; manner which, allows, their easy `re-` movaflibut there is. most desirably provided a small upwardly extending tongue 1() which fits into a suitably positioned slotinA the The weight of the doorV ly'-` securing' the door-stop' to the" `buck and' providing a support for' the hardware such'` ashinges/or strikinglplates there are pro# vided plates 12, shapedi as shown in Fig. 4.

Each plate 12 comprises fiat end portions 1% andfa depressed centrall portion 14E. As

seen in Figs. 2 and@ the vendportions 13 of plates 12"wl`1en in placey register with `the margins 22 of the body portion 15 ofthe' doorstops, whil'ethe'enti're' plate 121iits snug.- ly `Y against the outer `inarginal portion 11 of the door-stop;` The plates are permanently' secured as Vby weldingor the lilc,to-the body portion 15 of thestop; The depressed centrall portion 1e of each plate 12 is drilled and countersunk in one or more places as at 16, to receiveo-ne or moresecuring screws 17. These` portions 111 are also arranged t0 hold *hinges 18', or striltingeplates, a number of tappedholes being provided as at19l to receive :screws 20. `The plates 12 are so shapedasto `allow the face of the'hingeslS to set flush with. the face" 15' ofthe stops."

In'hangingadoorfwith thed'evicesof this invention,` itis merely necessary toslid'e the tongue 10i`n'to its lintel-groove, insert screws in their holes 16 which register withholes Q4* tapped the' face oftliebuck, and their tightening the screws firmly secure the hanging-stop to its buck. If desired'plates 23 may be supplied Vto reinforce the face of` the bucl where the screws V17` enter.

Theb'lank stops 8f and: 9 are secured by screws 17 which engage their face portions 15 and'holes 241 arranged in the respective'` faceI portions 5' of the bucks to allow`` any' stop to be secured to either side ofI either g buck' The Stop 7 may have a suitably' Positionedstrilring plate secured thereto inthe' manner shown and described* forsecuring the hinges to* the stop 6, or there bel an integralstrilring plate.

Stops 6Y arrangedin this way, with the manner oftheir'attachment to the'bucks conceale'd by the hinges 18; and stops 7 8 and Qlliaving` theheads of their securing screws 175 settingflusli witlr their face portions and painted over, present an appearanceindist'inguislable from the bucks equipped with integral1 door-stops previously in general iise"ivliile overcoming the disadvantages heretofore set forth'.

Incaseit is found thatthe opposite. bucks of adoorway havebeen` set too` closeftogether soithut the doord'oes notiitfitsframe; it is merely necessary to cut away the marginal portions11 of thestops -iuntilyaiit is,seeured. If the bucks,aretoo` far apart,,thefinargins 70 may be built up to size, or new stops may be provideda In either of the above cases a new door would have been required with the form oflfbuclr previously employed.

' While one preferred embodiment of the 75 invention has beeny describedin detail, it*- is to` beunderstoodA hat this is merelyf'r the sake of clearness, and notftof lin-iit'thei scope of the invention asdeiinedf in theap-` pendedclaims.` s

Iclaiin: v f 1. door-ja-inb comprising-a sheet-metal' buck having integrally1 formed a face portionuand side molding portions-1 so, as toiembrace the edgewand sidesof the' deorfopen- 85? ing; a sheet-metal dooisto'p-farranged on the said facel portion and` niealns :for detachably connecting f said doorV s-topl tol said?" falce? portion."` f* 21 door-j amb comprising'a sheet-metal: 9W doorebuclr liafving two face portionsand side.' molding portions "formedii integrallywith@4 s said face portions,` and a detachable l sheet-V metal door-stops arraiiged onK one* olf/w-said faces and adapted"todcooperate `with eithenV of saidfacefpertionsi` f Y ry "3. A metaldoorjainb 'embodying`,in-co1nf bination, a sheetunetal" bue-le ihavifngya face proyidedfwit-h twofseparated face portions of substantially equalfdi-1nensions,1 and a stop m0 bead-separating 1salidf'ace portionsandforindr ing, yat opposite sides' thereof; seatsiof sinn-` lar conformation, and aAdet-aehablesheet;y metal "doo'restopl arrangedfon onelofisaidl face portions "andf adapted* to 'cooperate with m5 eitherof said faceY portionsl i 4. A metaldoorljainb embodying; incornbinatiorr, a: sheet-metal bucle havingl awfacel provided witlr twol separated" face portions of substantially"equall dimensions, anda stop n0- bead separatingi said `face portions: and having, at*oppositesi'des,` rectilinear side's form ing` with said face portions:` `seats ofi similari conformation i at` such` oppositeL sides,- and ai detacliable sheettmetalf doorfstop arfrangedJF 115 on onel off said face; portionsvand adaptedlto cooperate with either ffsaidl i faceE portions;

5. A metal door j amb embodying,V ineomi bil-nation, ,ai sheet-metal buclrliaving al face provided* with two se aratedfy face portions ofi substantially equal? dimensions,` andl a` stop bead formed- 1 integrally with?4 said` face portions, sepa-rating `the same and lhavingg at opposite sides, rectilinear sides form-ing with saidl `face portionsseats of'k similari con- 125 formation at such opposite sides,` andi al detachable `sheetlinetal door-stop y arranged on oneK ofi said* face `por-tionsu andladafptedf tocooperate witheitherfof'said faceortionse '6; A. door-stop comprising a s "eetunetal m0 turned margins, cut-away portions to ac-- commodate hardware such as hinge plates, and plates registering with said cut-away portions to support said hardware, said supporting plates being adapted to cooperate with fastening-means concealed by said hardware.

7. In a door-frame, the combination with two sheet-metal `door-bucks in spaced relation each having integrally formed a face .portion and side molding portions so as to embrace the yedge and sides of the door opening, and detachably securable sheetmetal means for hanging a door from either buck.

8. A door-frame comprising oppositely disposed sheet-metal bucks each having integrally formedv a face portion and side molding portions so as to embrace the edge and sides of the door opening, and sheetmetal door-stops adapted to cooperate With a door to close the space between ythe bucks, said stops being detachably secured to said bucks.

9. In a door-frame, the combination of two sheet-metal door-bucks in spaced relation each having integrally formed a face portion and side molding portions so as to embrace the edge and sides of the door opening, and separate sheet-metal means for hanging a door to one of said bucks and filling the space remaining between the ydoor when in closed position and the other buck.

10. In a door-frame comprising a sheetmetal buck and a lintel each having integrally formed a face portion and side molding portions so as to embrace the edge and sides of the door opening, a `sheet-metal door-stop having a lintel engaging port-ion, andv screw threaded means for detachably Securing the stop to the buck. l a

11. In a doorframe, the combination with a sheet-metal buck comprising a face portion and side molding portionsformed integrally therewith, a lintel connected with said buck and havingv a slot to receive doorstop securing means, the face portions of said buck having apertures to cooperatewith other door-stop securing means, and means for securing a 'door-stop to said lintel and` to said buck. l

l2. In a door-frame, the combination with two oppositely disposed sheet-metal bucks each comprising two face portions and each having side molding portions formed integrally therewith, a pair of door-stops adapted to cooperate with a door, a pair of blank 'door-stops, and means for interchangeably securing said pairs of door-stops to the face portions of said bucks.

' ANDREV J. CONNELL. 

